John A Alexander - Enlisted 6/24/1861, Last shown on 11/1861 roll, No further record

Robert Hammond Baker - Enlisted 6/11/1861, WIA (both thighs) May 1863 at Chancellorsville per casualty list in 5/19/1863 Atlanta Southern Confederacy, 1906 Roster Commission Roll states that he was severely wounded at Chancellorsville 5/3/1863 and was detailed to the Quartermaster Dept at Charleston, SC as unfit for field service, See ANV SO 225/7 dated 9/8/1863, Postwar pension application states he was shot in the head and through both thighs, At Augusta, Ga at war's end working for Major Willis of the QM Dept, Born 12/14/1842 in Dalton Ga to Robert Hammond and Susan Hammond Baker, Died 9/11/1921 in Whitfield county, Buried at West Hill Cemetery

Henry H Bard - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Transferred to Co F 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, Listed on rolls as "sick at hospital" from November 1863 to March 1864, No further record but we know he died during the war as his tombstone in the old Hamilton Presbyterian Cemetery in Dalton shows his birth/death dates as 1843-1864, Born in Pennsylvania to James H and Elizabeth H Bard, Age 17 in 1860 census

Joseph C Barry - Enlisted 3/1/1862, WIA at Beverlys Ford, Va 8/23/1862, KIA at Sharpsburg, Md 9/17/1862, Shot through head and died instantly, Brother of John A Barry, Buried on the field where he fell, Born about 1842 in Georgia to C M & Elizabeth Barry

John A Barry - Enlisted 7/25/1861, WIA at Spotsylvania 5/12/1864, Letter dated 6/5/1864 from Will Hamilton to John's sister Sallie states that "a cannonball struck him on the right side of the face, inflicting a painful though not severe wound", It turned out to be worse than Hamilton thought as the wound damaged the eye and kept him out of the rest of the war, A letter Barry wrote to his sister 12/27/1864 from an Augusta, Ga hospital notes that he has been discharged and will leave the next day for Richmond to rejoin his company, 1906 Roster Commission roll states that he lost the sight in his right eye and was retired to the Invalid Corps 1/14/1865, The final entry in his service record shows him captured at Greenville SC 5/23/1865, Born in Georgia 3/13/1840 to C M & Elizabeth Barry

John Henry Bitting - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as 2nd Sgt, Shown as 1st Sgt on October 1863 roll, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Brother of Nicholas Bitting, Married Mary Eugenia Kelly in 1863 at Lafayette, Ga., Born 4/15/1835 to John H and Catherine Frost Bitting at Rural Hill, NC, Died 9/18/1881 at Dalton, Buried at West Hill Cemetery

Nicholas Bitting - Enlisted 5/28/1862, Last shown on roll dated 1/30/1865, No further record but survived the war, Attended Emory College after the war and became a doctor, Married Mary Jane Nichols 1/1/1868 at Dalton, Born 3/31/1845 to John H and Catherine Frost Bitting at Rural Hill, NC, Moved to Oklahoma and practiced medicine there until his death 5/7/1904 at Tahlequah, Brother of John H Bitting

George J Blanton - Enlisted 6/11/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862 (hand), Captured at Sailors Creek, Va 4/6/1865 and imprisoned at Newport News until released 6/25/1865, Age 28 in 1860 Whitfield census, Son of William C and Eliza Wilkie Blanton, Brother of Jacob Blanton

William M Bridges - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Last shown present on February 1863 roll BUT 1906 Roster Commission roll states that he was transferred to Co C, 39th Ga Infantry 11/10/1862, This entry probably should read 11/10/1863 since Legion records show he was paid on 9/1/1863, Records for 39th Ga Co C show him "present" on the March/April 1864 roll

George E Brown - Enlisted 5/8/1862, Captured at Sharpsburg (no date given), Exchanged 10/17/1862, Shown present on February 1863 roll, No further record, Son of George R Brown

Julius J Broyles - Enlisted 5/8/1862, No further record BUT he does turn up in November 1862 as the Asst Surgeon of the 18th Ga Infantry and serves with that unit throughout the war, He had previous medical training so it is likely he transferred over to the 18th to fill this requirement, Son of John Taylor and Clorinda Hammond Broyles, Born 5/18/1831, Died in 1898, Cousin of Marcellus and Walter Broyles

Marcellus Franklin Broyles - Enlisted 3/4/1862, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/2/1862, Captured at Gettysburg 7/2/1863, Sent to Chester, Pa hospital from Fort Delaware 7/19/1863 indicating that he may have been wounded, Sent to Point Lookout 10/4/1863, We know he was exchanged in early 1864 because he shows up on a Confederate clothing receipt record with the notation "par(oled) ex(changed) pris(oner), KIA 5/6/1864 at the Wilderness, Brother of Walter Long Broyles, Born 7/16/1837 in Anderson District, SC to Major Cain and Lucinda Nash Broyles

Walter Long Broyles - Enlisted 6/19/1861, Died 11/13/1862 at Crumpton's Factory Hospital, Lynchburg, Va of pneumonia, Buried in Lynchburg City Cemetery but later removed (name shown in cemetery records as W L Boiles), Brother of Marcellus Franklin Broyles, Born 7/25/1832 in Greene County, Ga to Major Cain and Lucinda Nash Broyles

William A Bryant - Enlisted 8/16/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862 (back), Captured at Knoxville 12/3/1863 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Exchanged 3/2/1865, No further record

James J Byers - Enlisted 6/19/1861 as 1st Sgt, Promoted 2nd Lt 7/6/1862, WIA (knee) May 1863 at Chancellorsville per casualty list in 5/19/1863 Atlanta Southern Confederacy, Promoted 1st Lt 5/26/1863, Captured 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, Letter on file from Lt Col Joseph Hamilton claims that Byers was a coward who let himself be captured, Imprisoned at Johnsons Island until 2/9/1864 when he was transferred to Point Lookout, Subsequently transferred to Fort Delaware 6/25/1864, Released 6/12/1865

John S Callahan - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Shown as drummer on 5/1/1862 roll, Last shown present on roll dated 8/31/1863, No further record, Postwar pension application states that he went blind in one eye and partially blind in the other from sunstroke and powder burns received at Chancellorsville in May of 1863, Born 7/6/1824 in Greenville, SC, Died 6/8/1908 in Whitfield county

J V Crow - Enlisted 3/1/1862, WIA 8/30/1862 at Second Manassas and disabled remainder of war

James C Currenton - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Died 6/25/1863 at Hugenot Springs hospital from chronic bronchitis, Death claim filed by his mother Sabra, Born in Georgia to Anderson and Sabra Currenton, Age 17 in 1860 census

Charles C Davis - Enlisted 6/6/1861, Teamster, Discharged 5/20/1862

Frank J Davis - Enlisted 3/4/1862 WIA (thigh) 9/17/1862 at Sharpsburg, Md., WIA (leg) and captured at Gettysburg, No exchange record BUT he is shown as "present" on 1864 rolls, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek, Escaped from prison at Newport News and walked home, Born 11/24/1842 in Whitfield County, Ga., Died in Texas 9/5/1923, Buried at East Mount Cemetery in Greenville, Texas, Brother of John A Davis

Hardy O Davis - Enlisted 7/27/1861, Shown sick on numerous rolls, Danville hospital roll shows him there with a gun shot wound 11/19/1863, 1864 rolls show him detailed as a nurse at Danville, Va hospital, Last shown on clothing receipt dated 12/22/1864, No further record

John A Davis - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Died 10/16/1862 at Brucetown, Va. of disease, Buried in churchyard at Brucetown 7 miles from Winchester, Brother of Frank J Davis

Warren Ransom Davis - Enlisted 5/8/1862, WIA (lost use of right arm) 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Discharged 6/1/1863, Born 1843, Died 3/17/1896 at Dalton, Buried at West Hill Cemetery

Samuel Dunn - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Absent sick throughout war, His 1869 obituary states that he was an officer in the war of 1812 and a Confederate private who had moved to Dalton from Pennsylvania in 1849, His age is stated as 81 indicating he enlisted in Co B at the age of 73!

Adoniza B "Van" Edwards - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Initials change to AMV on June 1862 roll then change to AMVB on November 1862 roll, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, Captured at Front Royal, Va. 8/16/1864 and imprisoned at Elmira, NY until released 6/27/1865, Brother of James F Edwards

James F Edwards - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Discharged 10/29/1861, Letter from Capt R T Cook dated 10/29/1861 states he was shot through the wrist on 10/18/1861 while on picket duty at Camp Dickerson by an accidental discharge of his Mississippi rifle, Discharged by surgeon A Connell, 6'2" tall with dark hair, eyes and complexion, Pension application states he was shot in the wrist in the fall of 1861 while on picket duty in western Va., Born 8/1/1835, Died 11/08/1908 in Gordon County, Buried at Resaca Cemetery, Brother of A M "Van" Edwards

John (or Joshua) M Edwards - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Last shown "present" on roll dated 1/14/1864, Death claim filed by relatives show his date of death as 5/12/1864, Location and cause not indicated, Casualty list for 5/6/1864 through 5/16/1864 in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer lists him as KIA confirming his death at Spotsylvania

Joseph Curtis England - Enlisted 6/19/1861, Captured at Fox's Gap, Md. 9/14/1862, Exchanged 10/2/1862, Furloughed home from Richmond GH#16 7/4/1863 to recover from typhoid, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion, WIA (left arm) 5/12/1864 at Spotsylvania, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Point Lookout until released 6/11/1865, Born 10/28/1835 in Burke county, NC, Died 1/21/1922, Buried at Swamp Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Whitfield County

James H Field - Enlisted 6/24/1861, Admitted to hospital 7/10/1864 with gun shot wound to left thigh, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Newport News until released 6/25/1865, Born abt 1841 to M W Field and unknown mother, Brother of William T Field and Asst Surgeon Samuel W Field

William T Field - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as Corporal, Shown as 4th Sgt on June 1862 roll, Detailed as a druggist to Cannon Hospital in Dalton, Ga. 11/5/1862, Shown AWOL 2/6/1863, WIA 11/29/1863 at Knoxville per casualty list in 2/3/1864 Athens Watchman, Shown detailed as hospital steward 8/10/1864, No further record, Born abt 1843 to M W Field and unknown mother, Brother of James H Field and Asst Surgeon Samuel W Field

B Osgood Gambrell - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Appointed musician 5/1/1862, Admitted to Richmond GH#16 12/20/1862 with accidental gun shot wound, Furloughed home 2/12/1863, Shown home on furlough on roll dated 1/14/1864 then shown as retired to Invalid Corps 4/13/1864 BUT then shown "present" on rolls from March through August 1864, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox as V O Gambrell

M Edward Gambrell - Enlisted 9/6/1861, WIA at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Shown as 3rd Corporal on 1/14/1864 roll, Casualty list in 7/2/1864 Richmond Enquirer shows him slightly wounded between 5/6/1864 and 5/16/1864, Received clothing in Nov 1864, No further record

Charles Thomas Gary (Geary) - Enlisted 8/16/1861, Received clothing 12/31/1864, No further record, Postwar pension application states he surrendered at Appomattox but he is not listed in the paroles, Witnesses testify that he was present when they were captured 4/6/1865

Thomas Hamilton - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as 2nd Lt, Promoted to 1st Lt 4/1/1862, Promoted to Captain 7/6/1862, Retired due to poor health 2/27/1865, Brother of William Hamilton, Born 11/12/1838 in Roane county, Tennessee to John and Rachel Hamilton, Postwar pension application states that he did not see active service after February 1863 due to severe spinal disease, Died 10/3/1900, Buried at West Hill Cemetery

William Hamilton - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as 3rd Sgt, Shown as 1st Sgt on May/June 1862 roll, Elected Jr 2nd Lt 10/18/1862, WIA (chest) at Fredericksburg 12/13/1862, Promoted to 2nd Lt 5/26/1863, WIA (left arm) 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, Captured 4/6/1865 at Sailors Creek and imprisoned at Johnsons Island until released 6/18/1865, Age at release 24, Brother of Thomas Hamilton, Died at Atlanta in January 1897

A H Hammond - Enlisted 6/24/1861, "Absent - sick" on rolls until June 1862, No further record

William Hamilton Harden - Enlisted 5/8/1862 but immediately transferred to Co A of the 6th Ga Cavalry 5/12/1862, Later transferred to Co F 65th Ga Infantry on 3/30/1863

Benjamin F Hawkins - Enlisted 8/16/1861, WIA (finger) May 1863 at Chancellorsville per casualty list in 5/19/1863 Atlanta Southern Confederacy, Final entry on roll dated 1/14/1864 lists him as "absent in hospital", No further military record, Born 4/22/1831, Died 2/9/1912, Buried Rose Hill Cemetery at Rockmart Ga

James W Hawkins - Enlisted 7/6/1861, Captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Roll dated 1/14/1864 shows him as "absent in hospital", No further record

Robert Benjamin Headden - Enlisted 7/6/1861, Shown as 5th Sgt on May/June 1862 roll and 4th Sgt on roll dated 1/14/1864, WIA at Second Manassas, WIA (right hip) and captured 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, Held at DeCamp Hospital on David's Island in New York Harbor, Paroled and exchanged 10/22/1863, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Became a minister after the war, Born 12/25/1838 at Cassville, Ga, Died 8/14/1913, Buried at Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome Ga

Shadrack James Henderson - Enlisted 6/24/1861, Final entry on late 1862 roll shows him as AWOL 9/14/1862, No Federal deserter or POW records, No further record BUT we know he survived the war as he is located in Nashville, Tennessee as an attorney in 1891

John H Henton - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865 Listed as J H Hinton), Born in Elbert county, Ga 2/21/1835, Died in Whitfield County 12/24/1910, Buried at Henton Family Cemetery, Riverbend Community, Whitfield County

Oliver Sanford Higgins - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Appointed musician in Battalion's band 5/1/1862, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865, Age 78 in 1916 when he filed for a pension in St Clair county, Alabama, Died 1925

William D Hill - Enlisted 8/1/1861, Captured 11/29/1863 at Knoxville, Tn and imprisoned at Rock Island until released 6/20/1865, Age at release 26, Brother of Marcus G Hill, Fatally injured by a train in Dalton in August 1898 and died shortly thereafter, Buried at Antioch Church Cemetery

Ephraim Holland - Enlisted 8/6/1861, Age 37, Appointed teamster 10/27/1861, Shown on sick furlough Apr/May/June 1862 rolls, Turns out he had enlisted in February 1862 as 1st Lt of Co B of the 36th Ga Infantry, Served with this unit in the Army of Tennessee until May 1864 when he deserted taking the Oath of Allegiance at Chattanooga 5/24/1864, He had made the statement that he was quitting if Johnston retreated past the Etowah River and did so, Then enlisted in the Federal 12th Indiana Artillery (using the name Alexander Holland) as a Private on 10/17/1864 and served with that unit until he died of small pox at Nashville 5/21/1865, His widow received a Federal pension

John W Hooper - Enlisted 8/6/1861, WIA (finger amputated) in early May 1864, Casualty list in 7/27/1864 Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel for period 5/6/1864-5/16/1864 lists him as WIA "finger off" indicating he was wounded at either Wilderness od Spotsylvania, Received clothing 11/10/1864, No further record

William J Hooper - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Last shown on roll dated 1/14/1864 as "absent in hospital", No further record

J F Howell - Enlisted 7/13/1861, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, Captured 7/6/1863 at Fairfield, Pa. and imprisoned at Point Lookout until exchanged 2/18/1865, No further record

W Hubbard - No enlistment date shown, First shown on roll dated 1/14/1864 as "sick at hospital, Rolls for March-August 1864 list him as "absent - prisoner of war" but there are no Federal POW records for him, No further record

Thomas B Jolly - Enlisted 6/11/1861, WIA (hand) 12/13/1862 at Fredericksburg, WIA (shot in arm, bayoneted in body) and captured 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg, Reported dead by Confederates, Wife Eliza filed death claim 8/14/1863, Imprisoned at Fort Delaware until transferred to Hammond hospital at Point Lookout 10/22/1863, Released from hospital 1/12/1864, Exchanged from Point Lookout 5/3/1864 and furloughed home, Recaptured 7/1/1864 at Dalton by Sherman's troops (Both he, wife Eliza and two other people were arrested as spies who had wrecked a Federal supply train per 7/2/1864 telegram from Col Bernard Laibold commanding Dalton Post to General Stedman at Chattanooga), Imprisoned at Louisville until sent to Camp Chase in Ohio 10/24/1864, Released 5/2/1865 and sent to New Orleans for exchange, Admitted to USGH #2 at Vicksburg with fever 5/12/1865, Released 5/23/1865, Shown as Town Marshall of Dalton in 1870 census, Age 42, 1880 census still shows him in Dalton and lists him as a disabled veteran, Moved to Jefferson County Alabama and died there 7/11/1893

Chesterfield Marion Keith - Enlisted 9/18/1861, WIA (shoulder) 7/2/1863 at Gettysburg per casualty list in 7/20/1863 Atlanta Southern Confederacy, Shown at Winder hospital Richmond in Aug 1864, Roll for July/Aug 1864 shows him as "on sick furlough", No further record, Born 2/12/1839 in Murray County Ga to Samuel H and Sarah Douglas Keith, Died 1/19/1909 in Baylor County, Texas, Buried at England Cemetery in Seymour, Texas

William L Kincannon - Enlisted 6/25/1861, Shown as wagonmaster 10/1/1861, Last shown on roll dated 1/14/1864 which shows him as a Commissary Sgt, No further record

L M Lynn (or Linn) - No enlistment record and not shown on rolls, Admitted to Charlottesville hospital 8/14/1863, Died there 10/24/1863 from typhoid, Buried at University of Va Confederate Cemetery, Charlottesville

Thomas Maguire - Enlisted 10/20/1863, Roll dated 1/14/1864 lists him as "AWOL", No further record

John A Malloy - Enlisted 5/8/1862, Transferred to 3rd Ga Sharpshooter Battalion in May 1863, Captured at Front Royal 8/16/1864, Took Oath in Nov 1864 and sent to Indiana

John Mayfield - Enlisted 6/11/1861, Teamster, Shown AWOL on 1/14/1864 roll and all rolls thereafter, Captured at Fairmount, Ga 5/17/1864 and imprisoned at Rock Island, Enlisted in US Army for frontier service 10/13/1864, Interestingly, his US service records indicate that he did not actually enlist in Co D of the 6th US Volunteer Infantry until 3/23/1865 doing so at Camp Douglas Illinois, His enlistment shows him to be 25 years old 5'11&3/4" with brown eyes and brown hair, He is shown as detailed to the Quartermaster Dept as a teamster and apparently remained at Camp Douglas since he deserted there on November 28th 1865, No further record

John H Mercer - Enlisted 6/27/1861, Died at Winchester 11/3/1862 from dysentry, Death claim filed by father William A Mercer, Buried Stonewall Cemetery Winchester grave 889 as J H Merrier, Born in Walton county Ga 5/9/1838

John R Miller - Enlisted in April 1864 as a musician, Surrendered 4/9/1865 at Appomattox (listed as J RA Miller), Born 1846 in Ga., Died 3/22/1924

William O Milton - Enlisted 8/8/1861, Musician, Surrendered at Appomattox, Not shown on rolls prior to Sept/Oct 1863 so enlistment date may actually be 8/8/1863

John F Mitchell Sr - Enlisted 3/4/1862, Not on rolls prior to Sept/Oct 1863 so actual enlistment date might be 3/4/1863, Surrendered at Appomattox 4/9/1865 (listed as J T Mitchell), Brother of Wiley P and Monroe Mitchell, Born 9/7/1817, Died 9/24/1891, Buried at Swamp Creek Cemetery in Whitfield county

John F Mitchell Jr - Enlisted 6/24/1861 as teamster, Captured at Sailors Creek 4/6/1865 and held at Newport News until released 6/25/1865, Born 1/3/1843 at Springplace, Ga, Brother of Thomas M Mitchell, Son of David W & Keziah Mitchell

Thomas M Mitchell - Enlisted 5/8/1862, Captured and paroled 4/8/1865, Age 19 in 1860 census, Kept a daily diary which details the movements of the Legion Infantry throughout the war, Brother of John F Mitchell Jr, Buried at West Hill Cemetery, No Date of death shown, Son of David W & Keziah Mitchell

Washington F Mitchell - Enlisted 7/27/1861, Discharged overage (45) on 10/16/1862 BUT he must have remained with the Legion since Thomas M Mitchell's diary entry for 6/1/1863 states "my unkle W F Mitchell died today very suden in his wagon between old and new camp", It appears that he had remained with the Legion as a civilian teamster, Buried (Row 18, Section 12)at Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery as "W F Michell - Georgia"

Wiley P Mitchell - Enlisted 2/24/1862, WIA & captured 9/14/1862 at Fox's Gap, Md., Exchanged 10/2/1862, Shown "present" on Jan/Feb 1863 roll, No further record, Postwar pension application states that he was hit in the hip and seriously injured at Fox's Gap so it is probable that he was sent home disabled in early 1863, Born in 1826, Died 4/14/1900, Buried in Mitchell Cemetery at Phelps

John B Morris - Enlisted 6/11/1861 as 2nd Lt, Age 35, Promoted to 1st Lt 7/6/1862, MWIA (in side seriously) at Chancellorsville 5/3/1863, Died 5/25/1863 at Richmond GH #4, Born in Ireland